Gareth is Lancaster Scrooge

Published: 3 November 2023
Reporter: David Chadderton

Gareth Cassidy in The Card for Claybody Theatre, Fenton Town Hall, 2023 Credit: Andrew Billington
Miriam O'Brien

Gareth Cassidy as Ebenezer Scrooge (The Hobbit at The Dukes, Marvellous at SoHo Place) will lead the 6-strong cast of The Dukes' musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Kate Ferguson and Susannah Pearse.

Joining him are Miriam O'Brien (Around The World in 80 Days at Theatre by the Lake, Faustus at Storyhouse Theatre) as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Courtney George (Shake The City at Leeds Playhouse and Greenwich Theatre, Wonka for Warner Bros. Pictures) as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Claire Redcliffe (Doctors and Eastenders for BBC) as Mrs. Fezziwig, Cameron McKendrick (Theatre Porto, Wake the Beast and Nwoko Arts) as Fred Tapper and Killian Macardle (Mischief Theatre) as Mr. Fezziwig.

Joining the cast are four local young people sharing the role of Tiny Tim: Dylan Hay, Jack Ashcroft-Goulds, Emma Kennedy-Rose and Noah Szczypek.

It will be directed by Ellie Hurt, with Rachel Walton-Daniels as stage and costume designer, Zak Phillips-Yates as movement director, Rhiannon Hopkins as musical director, Brent Lees as lighting designer and Kate Harvey as sound designer.

A Christmas Carol will run from 24 November to 31 December 2023.

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